have a nice life

  • Sea of Worry is by a mile HANL’s stalest, least imaginative album yet.

  • This new track from Connecticut experimental rock duo Have a Nice Life is epic, but in the sort of abject way you might expect from the outfit after their monumental, crushing 2008 LP Deathconsciousness. As the title of the song might suggest, frontmen Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga are reunited

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    I just told you Have A Nice Life has a new album on the way? Are you listening to me? If not, listen now to this new track that just dropped from the duo’s forthcoming album, The Unnatural World. It’s coming February 4th. While “Burial Society” isn’t

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    Hinterkaifeck by Giles Corey Giles Corey is a the mysterious and atmospheric singer-songwriter project of Connecticut multi-instrumentalist and Enemies List owner Dan Barrett. Y’all may remember me loving his debut outing under this particular pseudonym, but I’ve been a fan of Dan’s unpredictable work flow for a

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    Deconstructionist by Giles Corey If you ask me, Giles Corey/Have A Nice Life mastermind Dan Barrett is one of the most talented and enigmatic songwriters out there right now. I was blown away by his last full length, 2011’s Giles Corey, so of course I was going to

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    We had a new Giles Corey album from Connecticut singer-songwriter Dan Barrett earlier this year. Awesome! Now, I guess we’ve got ourselves a new demo from the project that pushed this guy into the spotlight he’s currently in: Have A Nice Life. In true Barrett fashion, this track

  • Dan Barrett’s latest project, a full-length album and book, is both a personal and fictional exploration of death, suicide, depression, and the afterlife. Because of that, this video takes a look at both the music and the book that comes with this package. If anything makes the tracks on